# Mi-ja

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'''Mi-ja''' is a [Korea](/source/Korea)n given name. Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). Names ending with this hanja, such as [Young-ja](/source/Young-ja) and [Jeong-ja](/source/Jeong-ja), were popular when [Korea was under Japanese rule](/source/Korea_under_Japanese_rule), but declined in popularity afterwards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007032017291&sid=010620&nid=006&ltype=1 |title=가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연 |trans-title=The most popular names? Boys: Young-su → Min-jun, girls: Young-ja → Seo-yeon |work=[Korea Economic Daily](/source/Korea_Economic_Daily) |date=2007-03-20 |accessdate=2012-12-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204209/http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007032017291&sid=010620&nid=006&ltype=1 |archivedate=2013-10-29 }}</ref>

People with this name include:
*[Lee Mi-ja](/source/Lee_Mi-ja) (born 1941), South Korean trot singer
*Son Mi-ja (born 1944), stage name [Yoon Jeong-hee](/source/Yoon_Jeong-hee), South Korean actress
*Son Mi-ja (born 1961), stage name [Geum Bo-ra](/source/Geum_Bo-ra), South Korean actress
*[Lee Mi-ja (basketball)](/source/Lee_Mi-ja_(basketball)) (born 1963), South Korean basketball player
*[Kim Mi-ja](/source/Kim_Mi-ja) (born 1967), South Korean sprint canoer
*[Jeong Mi-ja](/source/Jeong_Mi-ja) (born 1970), South Korean long-distance runner who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
*[Oh Mi-ja](/source/Oh_Mi-ja) (born 1970), South Korean long-distance runner who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics

Fictional characters with this name include:
*Yun Mija, in 2011 Thai martial arts film ''[The Kick](/source/The_Kick_(film))''
*Mija, in 2017 South Korean adventure film ''[Okja](/source/Okja)''

==See also==
*[List of Korean given names](/source/List_of_Korean_given_names)

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